[QUOTE=Tyr;16241838]42.[/QUOTE]

no 7

false, yew are using jewish numbers

You clearly haven't read enough Douglas Adams, Brian.

clearly not

What a pity. You should remedy this at once.

Suggestions?

[I]The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy[/I]. Then just read the rest of the books in the series.

I should really read that book, considering I'm a huge fan of sci-fi.

The movie sucked, but then again, I probably shouldn't base the book on the movie.

[QUOTE=Tyr;16241901][I]The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy[/I]. Then just read the rest of the books in the series.[/QUOTE]

oooo I thought he wrote a treatise on infinity or something.

[QUOTE=guitrguy;16241968]oooo I thought he wrote a treatise on infinity or something.[/QUOTE]

Sorry, but no. He's a science fiction writer.

:(. I don't like science fiction.

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I've been reading a lot more fantasy lately though.

I haven't been reading anything except stuff for uni lately.

[quote=Tyr;16241901][I]The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy[/I]. Then just read the rest of the books in the series.[/quote]hi5

I need to read Dune. I'll probably give it a shot over the summer given the obscene amount of time I'll have to fill.

The Dune books ended up getting really ridiculous.

The stuff his son wrote or earlier than that?

My dad was a huge fan, so I'll be able to find the majority of the stuff around the house.

My dad has interest in work, and thats about it.

For me, [I]Dune[/I] seems to lack something. It's a world with a lot of thought put into it, but I just didn't get caught up in it.

Dune = no Dune

I saw dune last week or so... great film :)

We also have the incredibly long Dune mini-series that the Sci-Fi channel aired quite a time back which is supposed to be amazing.

:(

Its better than that really long movie that got put out a long time ago.

The concept of the book is good but some of the deus ex machinae crap is retarded

I think every Sci-Fi or Fantasy author employs a deus ex machina more than they should. It does make for snappier storytelling, though.

If by snappier you mean worse...

There were like twenty in Dune though

i like darkly dreaming dexter

[QUOTE=masscows;16242630]If by snappier you mean worse...[/QUOTE]

No, snappier as in faster-paced. Instead of a convoluted scheme to get out of their own impossible situation, the author just sends in an archangel/dragon/mythic host/scary magical whatever. Though a lot of fantasy writers (Robert Jordan, anyone?) tend to get very wordy.

it would be nicer if authors would just build up stuff like that through foreshadowing or other similar devices

then it wouldn't be like "ok that was ****ing retarded they should all be dead"

I feel like it's a cop out most of the time